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Hi! Happy weekend.
I’ve received several email newsletters this week with the subject line: “What’s Next?” They are referencing the election of Donald Trump and offer an intimidating precedent, one I won’t try to match here. I don’t know what comes next. I’ve had a tab with an INDY cover from November 2016 and have opened and closed it several times.
No culture stories this week; our newsroom has been focused on local races—if you’d like to relive how things unfolded locally, here’s our live blog from Tuesday—and in North Carolina, many progressive bets did pay off. Catch up on the Assembly with statewide races here.
I do know that while community is not a policy solution, it is crucial to not self-atomize, to talk (and listen) to our neighbors, and to stay awake to that bygone campaign question from 2020: “Are you willing to fight for someone you don’t know?” As the aftermath of Hurricane Helene has made clear, we can practice that ethos. Now we just need to live it.
So, we’ll be here and will have more stories—and some exciting new culture initiatives—coming soon. Thanks for reading.
A photo from Justin Laidlaw’s January 2024 story on community basketball leagues. Photo by Angelica Edwards.
in the culture section
Here are a few of my favorite INDY stories on, pockets of community, from this year: On the growing network of community fridges. A look at the close-knit ethos of the new North Durham Farmer’s Market. Mad Kicks is a home base for sneakerheads. An artist reimagines their home as Queen Street Magic Boat.
Helen Greenberg is an angel of life for raptors. Southeastern Camera brings film to life. Perfect Lovers carries on a legacy of scrappy community spaces. An upstart community basketball league brings players together.
out and about in the triangle
Raleigh is getting another Trader Joe’s (speaking from Durham: no fair!) and new restaurant, Little Rey, in Raleigh Iron Works. In Durham, Honeygirl Meadery has its grand opening on November 16. The Durham Art Walk Holiday Market is November 17.
A few cool upcoming events: Adrianne Lenker at Duke Arts. There’s also a play, put on by the Process Series, by local playwrights Mike Wiley and Howard Craft, that focuses on a dark piece of local history: Changing Same: The Cold-Blooded Murder of Booker T. Spicely. There’s a benefit event for Radical Healing at Motorco tonight (and an Oyster Roast tomorrow, also at Motorco!); on Nov. 18, a physician from Gaza will also be sharing his experience being on the ground. Sarah Shook will be at the Haw River Ballroom next week.
— Sarah Edwards —
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